Posted on 09/02/2004 4:18:00 PM PDT by orangelobster
For 100 nights a year over three decades, punk-rock guiterrorist Johnny Ramone stood with his head down, face in an intense scowl of concentration, legs shoulder-width apart, hammering at his blue Mosrite with a blurry right hand. The cacophony was pure bliss, a white noise ringing that punched holes in all that was peaceful, shards of the power chords busting into little aural stars, like the lights you see when you smack your head, only in your ears. It was such good, loud pain. Johnny dropped his job as a construction worker in 1974 and held down stage right for 22 years as the guitarist for the most influential rock band of the last 30 years. The Ramones fertilized the punk-rock scene first in their hometown of New York City, then in England. Eventually — who knew? — that sound would form the chassis for what the corporate rock industry later dubbed "alternative" and, eventually, infiltrated top 40. He was a rebel in a rebel's world, though. Johnny Ramone was a fiercely Republican-voting, NRA-supporting musician in a milieu that is remarkable for its embrace of all things left. Johnny went worldwide public with his partisanship in 2002, when the Ramones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At the microphone to give props to the people who made it all possible, he offered his own version of a Michael Moore moment. "God bless President Bush, and God bless America," he said, clad in his trademark T-shirt, ripped blue jeans and leather jacket. "I said that to counter those other speeches at the other awards," Mr. Ramone says in a phone interview. "Republicans let this happen over and over, and there is never anyone to stick up for them. They spend too much time defending themselves."
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The Ramones are genuine pioneers and Johnny Ramone is a hero to the lefties, but actual has right views. The convention needs some better music.
R.I.P. Joey Ramone
Maybe becuase he dead?
God bless him.
Joey died last year, but Johnny is still around.
He's dead Jim.
Johnny passed away?
Johnny debunks death myth.
http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2004/06/1702.cfm
http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=28480
I always loved the Ramones. I saw them a few times in the early `80`s and even saw Johnny once in Greenich Village in NYC in the street. He was helping some guy move furniture into a building believe it or not.
Actual title from Washington Times:
"Johnny Ramone: Rebel in a rebel's world"
BTTT
Yeah, expand the big tent. Bring in some of the kids votes.
Do kids really know who he was.
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Do kids really know who he was?
You are spending too much time in political forums. The Ramones practically invented alternative music. All roads of what the kids are listening to go back to the Ramones. More influential than Elvis.
My stepson, who just turned 18 and is into punk, does. He was so surprised when I told him Ramones is very much a Republican.
Take the fine punk rock boy down to the voter registration office and buy him an album before driving to the polls.
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